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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | calm, peaceful |
| Synonyms: | at peace, balmy, bucolic, gentle, golden, happy, harmonious, palmy, pastoral, quiet, serene, soothing, still, sunny, tranquil, untroubled |
| Main Entry: | calm |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | peaceful, quiet (inanimate) |
| Synonyms: | at a standstill, at peace, bland, breathless, breezeless, bucolic, cool, halcyon, harmonious, hushed, in order, inactive, low-key, mild, motionless, pacific, pastoral, placid, quiescent, reposeful, reposing, restful, rural, serene, slow, smooth, soothing, still, stormless, tranquil, undisturbed, unruffled, waveless, windless |
| Antonyms: | excited, fierce, frenzied, rough, stormy, turbulent, violent, wild |
| Main Entry: | clear |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cloudless, bright |
| Synonyms: | clarion, crystal, fair, fine, halcyon, light, luminous, pleasant, rainless, shining, shiny, sunny, sunshiny, unclouded, undarkened, undimmed |
| Antonyms: | cloudy, dark, dim, dull, fuzzy, gloomy, shadowy, unclear |
Example Sentences
- As a matter of fact, the Hearst empire itself was long past the halcyon days of the 1920s.
- He ascended to stardom in the 1940's, at the start of ventriloquism's halcyon days.
- Despite the years since their halcyon youth, they made brave efforts to dance.
| Main Entry: | gentle |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mild, temperate in effect on senses |
| Synonyms: | balmy, bland, calm, clement, delicate, easy, faint, feeble, gradual, halcyon, hushed, imperceptible, lenient, light, low, low-pitched, low-toned, mellow, mild, moderate, muted, peaceful, placid, quiet, sensitive, serene, slight, slow, smooth, soft, soothing, subdued, tender, tranquil, untroubled |
| Antonyms: | harsh, loud, odorous, putrid, rough, sharp, strong |
| Main Entry: | hopeful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | promising, auspicious |
| Synonyms: | advantageous, arousing, beneficial, bright, cheerful, cheering, conducive, convenient, elating, encouraging, enlivening, exciting, expeditious, fair, favorable, fine, fit, flattering, fortifying, fortunate, golden, good, gracious, halcyon, heartening, helpful, inspiring, inspiriting, likely, lucky, opportune, pleasant, pleasing, probable, promiseful, propitious, providential, reasonable, reassuring, roseate, rosy, rousing, stirring, suitable, sunny, timely, uplifting, well-timed |
| Antonyms: | desperate, hopeless, inauspicious, pointless, unpromising, wretched |
| Main Entry: | idyllic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | perfect; extremely pleasant |
| Synonyms: | arcadian, bucolic, charming, comfortable, halcyon, heavenly, ideal, idealized, out-of-this-world, pastoral, peaceful, picturesque, pleasing, rustic, unspoiled |
| Antonyms: | bad, disagreeble, flawed, imperfect |
| Main Entry: | peaceful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | friendly, serene |
| Synonyms: | all quiet, amicable, at peace, bloodless, calm, collected, composed, constant, easeful, equable, free from strife, gentle, halcyon, harmonious, irenic, level, mellow, neutral, neutralist, nonbelligerent, nonviolent, on friendly terms, on good terms, pacifistic, peace-loving, peaceable, placatory, placid, quiet, restful, smooth, sociable, steady, still, tranquil, undisturbed, unruffled, untroubled, without hostility |
| Antonyms: | clamorous, disturbed, excited, noisy, turbulent, unfriendly, violent |
| Main Entry: | placid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | calm, mild |
| Synonyms: | collected, composed, cool as a cucumber, cool*, detached, easygoing, equable, even, even-tempered, gentle, halcyon, hushed, imperturbable, irenic, peaceful, poised, quiet, restful, self-possessed, serene, still, tranquil |
| Antonyms: | agitated, excited |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | prosperous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | successful, thriving |
| Synonyms: | affluent, blooming, booming, comfortable, doing well, easy, flourishing, fortunate, halcyon, in clover, in the money, lousy rich, lucky, main-line, money to burn, moneyed, on top of heap, opulent, palmy, prospering, rich, roaring, robust, sitting pretty, snug, substantial, upper-class, uptown, wealthy, well, well-heeled, well-off, well-to-do |
| Antonyms: | failing, losing, poor, unprosperous, unsuccessful |
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